Charles Spurgeon Commentary Jeremiah 14:16

"And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them-them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them." — Jeremiah 14:16 (ASV)

That seems to be a hard answer to Jeremiah's pleading; what is the prophet to do now? God gives him another message to deliver to the people: